The battle ended soon.

The army soldiers rushed into the village in one go, and then firmly controlled the village with the cooperation of local militia and some Koisan slave paddlers. Then, some Koisan people who had dealt with these black people took the initiative to stand up, and they led the army soldiers in platoons to search for and count the supplies.

Anda Fifteen sat dejectedly on the ground. Both military doctors came to rescue him, but Liu Dayou still couldn't survive. The young man, who had just turned 18, had a transparent hole in his abdomen and his intestines were broken into several pieces. He was not able to do it at that time. By the time the military doctor came, he was basically in a state of dying. All the military doctors could do was clean his wounds and bandage him slightly. As for the surgery, I'm sorry, they had not learned it in the local medical school, and there were no corresponding equipment. Liu Dayou's abdomen was pierced by a rusty iron spear. Even if the organ was not damaged, the wound infection would probably cost him his life.

A strong man like Mo Ming was poked by the iron spear of the Coisans. He was lying in the bed for several days before he survived the wound infection period by luck, otherwise he would become another time traveler who died in the line of duty.

In Anda Fifteen's opinion, in the strict sense, Liu Dayou's death was also responsible. First of all, he killed an enemy who attacked him, otherwise he would be injured or dead. This is hard to say. Therefore, in Anda Fifteen's heart, he owed Liu Dayou what he had. Before the war started, he promised Liu Dayou to take care of his relatives, so he could only make up for it in this regard.

Liu Dayou was only one of the twenty-one soldiers killed today. In addition, twenty-two people suffered injuries of varying degrees. The casualty rate reached one quarter. Almost all casualties occurred in frontal hand-to-hand combat with these black men in Bantu. The relatively "tragic" casualties were speechless.

Regarding such a result, Lieutenant Xie Han3 of the company commander said that the battle was mainly due to his entrustedness. Before the artillery was ready, he launched an attack in advance. He looked down on the enemy too much and caused more than 40 casualties in the army. It was a command error and he would ask the superior department for punishment.

The wounded had been placed in the temporary camp by the militia, and two military medical officers were taking care of them with sweat. As for the remaining soldiers, they picked up their rifles and rushed into the village of Bantu in full armed manner. With the assistance of more than a hundred Koisan slaves (composed of paddlers and husbands pulling the cannon trucks), they drove all the remaining black men out of the house and took care of them.

Most of the more than 300 black and strong men who were originally involved in the attack were killed, and a small part of them were captured, and about 70 people were captured. These Bantu blacks basically did not run around after their defeat. They seemed to have a great sense of territory and property. Most of them fled back to their houses and were then caught by the pursued army soldiers.

There were still some black people, old, weak, women and children in the village, and they were all driven to an open space by the soldiers and tied together firmly with ropes.

According to reports from several Koisan slaves who were familiar with the black language of Bantu, these black people were all Xhosa people and migrated from the east. It is said that a brave chief appeared in the east. The tribe was also very strong, and this ambitious chief was forcibly annexing some tribes around. The tribes that were unwilling to be annexed were either wiped out or forced to migrate. The small Xhosa tribe in front of him migrated from there.

The basic unit of the Xhosa or the black tribes of the entire Bantu in South Africa is called "Klar". Each Klar contains several to dozens of thatched huts, and the people living in the huts generally come from a patriarchal family. The center of Klar is a large livestock fence, which raises cattle and sheep from this family. The hut surrounds the livestock fence and forms a basic unit of the Xhosa tribe. From this we can also see how important the animal husbandry occupies in the lives of the Xhosa.

The soldiers carefully cleaned each thatched hut and placed the collected things in different categories on the open space. Xie Hansan casually walked over a bunch of items and took a look. There were some farm tools and debris here. Surprisingly, the Xhosa people had already used iron farm tools. In addition to farm tools, there were also some wooden bowls, cups, plates, mats, baskets, baskets, bags, etc., which showed that their handicraft industry was also very developed, at least the level of iron smelting, woodworking, and weaving industries was not low.

Xie Hansan walked to another pile of items and looked at it. The ones placed here were all animal skins, tools and pottery. The animal skins were initially processed and tanned, which shows that they had the ability to process animal skins. The pottery production level was quite good, at least the water cans, water cups and other items seemed to be decent to Xie Hansan. The tools were basically made of iron, and a small number were made of copper. According to their purpose, there were hoes, axes, knives, cones, drills, pliers, hammers and other tools.

Overall, the civilization level of this Xhosa tribe is not low, at least much better than the Guarani or Chalua people encountered by the East Coast people in South America. There is already a clear division of social labor in the Xhosa tribes, which is an important sign of the transition from primitive society to slave society.

However, these are not the focus of the East Coast people now. What they are concerned about is how much food they can seize on this trip. After all, the Hezhong Fort is almost out of stock, and they are pointing at the army to grab some things to help. Fortunately, the tribe of the Xhosa still has some food in stock, which has not disappointed everyone too much.

When bags of grain were taken out of the hut and piled on the ground, some local militias in the river fort couldn't help but cheer. Even the army soldiers with strict military discipline couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Xie Hansan untied a bag and looked at it. It was full of red sorghum grains. Sorghum is a crop widely grown in Africa. It has many varieties and is relatively high-yield. It is the main crop of these black people in Bantu. They grind the sorghum into powder and then cook porridge to eat. Some wealthy Bantu people will also add some dairy products to the porridge.

Xie Hansan weighed it and found that each bag of sorghum can look like more than 20 kilograms. Currently, there are no less than 500 bags of neat sorghum bags placed on the ground, and the soldiers are still carrying them out in a steady stream. In addition to sorghum, the Xhosa people also planted some economic crops such as sesame seeds and peanuts, but the number was not very large. They lacked oil pressing skills and did not understand the value of these two crops at all, and they just treated them as ordinary food.

In the Bantu society, women are responsible for handling farm work and handmade work, while men assume the responsibility of grazing and fighting. Therefore, animal husbandry is also extremely important in the production and life of Bantu people, and is their main channel for obtaining dairy products, meat, animal skins, and oils. Therefore, unlike those of the Coisans, hunting is no longer the main activity in their lives.

The counting of cattle and sheep was a great harvest. The Koisan slaves who followed brought out more than 100 cattle and more than 500 sheep from the fences of dozens of Clar livestock around them. The number of these livestock far exceeded the expectations of the East Coast people. If they rely on their own to grazing, it would take at least a year or even several years to save so many cattle and sheep.

Seeing these supplies, Xie Hansan couldn't help but sigh that robbery at any time is the fastest way to get rich. More than 10,000 kilograms of sorghum, more than 600 livestock, and a small amount of peanuts, sesame and other food that have been counted out are almost the food stored by these Xhosa people for more than a month. However, in Hezhongbao, which is a sparsely populated Hezhongbao, it is enough for all the current population to eat for more than two months.

If you are more careful at that time, that is, mowing grass and feeding livestock, and matching some dairy products produced by livestock, you can still hold on for three months. However, there is still about half a year to harvest next year's summer, so this little food is definitely not enough, so you have to think of another way.

"People, after the materials are counted, I will send someone to inform the Hezhongbao to prepare for acceptance. We... are rich!" Xie Hansan said. Even though he was not in a good mood at the moment, his tone was still very light when he said this.

The messenger quickly rode a war horse, then ordered a few local militias with horses as guards, and roared back towards the same route.

After processing the supplies, the next step is how to deal with the Xhosa people caught. Most of these Xhosa people were old, weak, women and children, plus a few strong men, with more than 800 people. At this time, these people were sitting on the ground, with their hands and feet tied together firmly with hemp ropes. Xie Hansan looked around and saw that these people's faces were full of fear. Even the more than 70 strong men who had participated in the previous battle had no previous arrogance at this moment, and they all hung their heads.

"So many people can be taken back to Hezhong Fort and taken care of them first. After they have smoothed their temperament, they can also be used as serfs or herds slaves to farm and grazing. There is a shortage of people there." Deputy Company Commander Lan Guo walked up and looked at the black people and said.

"The state has no clear statement on how to deal with black people." Xie Hansan said, "Let's do this for now. But when you go back, you have to make it clear to Lao Mo. These black people cannot be sold to private slaves. The state does not allow private slaves, especially black slaves."

"Well, that's the reason." Lan Guo nodded, "You can use these black people as slaves in the country to cultivate the commons they have opened up after cultivation."

"But before this, we will give these Xhosa people a higher memory and save them from any thoughts they shouldn't have in the future." Xie Hansan's face suddenly became a little ferocious, "Now we will give them a profound lesson to make them realize that any act of trying to resist us is a dead end."

"What are you going to do?" Lan Guo was a little surprised. Xie Hansan's usual temper was actually pretty good. Today, he actually said such harsh words. It seems that the tragic casualties in the previous battle stimulated him. Alas, honest people will get angry too. If you let him go, wouldn't you just kill a few black people?

Xie Hansan said coldly: "Whether men and women, or elderly people and children, all ten people make up a group, and each group kills one person!"
Chapter completed!